His idol was President Harry S. Truman.
He helped break the Hollywood blacklist by hiring Dalton Trumbo, a member of the "Hollywood Ten", to write a screenplay for one of his most famous movies. Despite widespread criticism from many in the industry he refused to back down and Trumbo received a screen credit under his own name.
He is an avid user of the Internet and is registered with MySpace.
He speaks German (fluently, but not accent-free) and also French.
He was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1984.
He has a famous movie star son and daughter-in-law.
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Kirk Douglas. The cleft chin was a dead give-away. You could almost fill it with water and go swimming in it.
The movie I most remember him for was The Villain, with a very young, very large Arnold Swarzenegger. Very silly
And while Spartacus was good, I most remember him for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
"Got a whale of a tale to tell you lads, a whale of a tale or two! Bout the flappin' fish and the girl I love, with the moon up above and it's all true, I swear by my tatoo!
There was Harpoon Hannah..."
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